- Date
- May 6, 1991, 00:18 local (07:18 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4996DCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910506017929A
- Case key
- 27195
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Probable cause
That the pilot failed to properly preflight the airplane to assure the engine contained an adequate oil supply. Contributing to this accident was total failure of the connecting rod due to lack of lubrication.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot contacted phx approach control and requested and received radar advisories to deer valley airport (dvt). When the flight was about 7 miles west of dvt radar advisories were terminated. Moments later the pilot reported that the cockpit was filled with smoke and he was going to land on a road. Examination of the engine disclosed that the no. 4 connecting rod failed due to lack of lubrication. The intact engine oil sump did not contain any oil nor was there evidence of oil stains on the airplane's fuselage or wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4996D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51096
- Airframe hours
- 2,752
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Emmet B. Nutter
- Registered owner
- Emmet B. Nutter
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 1990 · 206 hours before
- Departed
- WJF · Lancaster, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 10 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 300° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHX, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4996D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.